National Federation of Small Fisherfolk Organizations in the Philippines
“It is unlikely that we would be able to retrieve our waters from China, not especially under the puppet regime of Mr. Duterte who keeps on kowtowing to the Asian superpower. It would be easier to diplomatically and decisively assert our sovereign rights if a President is not subservient and could stand up to foreign aggressors,” Ronnel Arambulo, a PAMALAKAYA leader said during the fluvial protest in Botolan, Zambales.
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With the funds raised by Pamalakaya from donors and fishing rights youth advocates, 145kg of tilapia were bought directly from the small fisherfolk of Binangonan, Rizal in Laguna Lake with 100kg of rice, were distributed to 200 urban poor families in Brgy. Old Capitol Site in Quezon City and volunteers from the urban poor community in Area 17, Brgy. UP Campus.
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“Akin to his West Philippine Sea pretense, Mr. Duterte’s anti-mining stance was nothing but a false show, his crackdown against big mines was a toothless tiger merely declared for public image building. This administration’s pro-mining pivot adds to its records of environmental destruction and sell out of national patrimony. Duterte is a national traitor at its best in this respect,” Hicap said, referring to President Duterte’s “campaign joke” with regard to riding a jet ski to assert the West Philippine Sea. Ok
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Some of the fisherfolk beneficiaries from Brgy. Maliksi III and Talaba II of the relief distribution organized by Pamalakaya, from the Amihan peasant women organization and fishing rights youth advocates.
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Manila, Philippines – “Every single day that peasant leader Joseph Canlas is deprived of liberty is a ticking time bomb for his life. The Duterte government is accountable for whatever would happen to Canlas because of his unjust and prolonged detention,” according to the national fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) on Monday, as it demanded the immediate and unconditional release of detained peasant activist Joseph Canlas over humanitarian grounds.
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“This protest is a reassertion of our rightful claim in the West Philippine Sea. It is likewise a reminder to China that Filipino fishers are ever-ready to assert and reclaim what is rightfully ours. We demand Beijing to respect the fishing rights of Filipino fishers and moreover, leave the Philippine waters and end their massive destruction of our marine resources,” Arambulo asserted during the protest action.
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